Hippuristanol-A potent steroid inhibitor of eukaryotic initiation factor 4A

R Cencic, J Pelletier - Translation, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Protein synthesis and its regulatory signaling pathways play essential roles in the initiation
and maintenance of the cancer phenotype. Insight obtained over the last 3 decades on the …

Targeting the eIF4A RNA helicase as an anti-neoplastic approach

J Chu, J Pelletier - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene Regulatory …, 2015 - Elsevier
Protein synthesis is an essential cellular process that is highly responsive to extra-and
intracellular cues such as mitogens, growth signals, nutrient and energy status, and stress …

Chemical synthesis of the cardiotonic steroid glycosides and related natural products

B Heasley - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The active components from the extracts of Digitalis, cardiotonic steroid glycosides, have
been ingested by humans for more than 200 years as a medicinal therapy for heart failure …

Selective targeting of the DEAD-box RNA helicase eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4A by natural products

L Shen, J Pelletier - Natural product reports, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to 2019 Pharmacological targeting of eukaryotic mRNA translation initiation is
a promising approach for cancer therapy, since several signaling pathways that are …

Strategies for spiroketal synthesis based on transition-metal catalysis

JA Palmes, A Aponick - Synthesis, 2012 - thieme-connect.com
The transition-metal-catalyzed synthesis of spiroketals is a rapidly growing area and these
methods have facilitated the use of new spiroketal synthons as latent spiroketal equivalents …

Modifying chemotherapy response by targeted inhibition of eukaryotic initiation factor 4A

R Cencic, F Robert, G Galicia-Vazquez, A Malina… - Blood cancer …, 2013 - nature.com
Translation is regulated predominantly at the initiation phase by several signal transduction
pathways that are often usurped in human cancers, including the PI3K/Akt/mTOR axis …

Emerging therapeutics targeting mRNA translation

A Malina, JR Mills, J Pelletier - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2012 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
A defining feature of many cancers is deregulated translational control. Typically, this occurs
at the level of recruitment of the 40S ribosomes to the 5′-cap of cellular messenger RNAs …

RNA-tethering assay and eIF4G: eIF4A obligate dimer design uncovers multiple eIF4F functional complexes

F Robert, R Cencic, R Cai, TM Schmeing… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Eukaryotic cellular mRNAs possess a 5′ cap structure (m7GpppN) which plays a critical
role in translation initiation mediated by eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4F. The …

Total synthesis of Beshanzuenone D and its epimers and Abiespiroside A

BR Borade, R Dixit, R Kontham - Organic Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
A unified and protecting-group-free six-step total synthesis of bisabolane-type
sesquiterpenoid beshanzuenone D and its stereoisomers and abiespiroside A using S-(+) …

Lewis acid catalyzed cascade annulation of alkynols with α-ketoesters: a facile access to γ-spiroketal-γ-lactones

DA Kambale, SS Thorat, MS Pratapure… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
A novel Lewis acid catalyzed intermolecular cascade annulation of alkynols with α-
ketoesters has been developed. This simple and efficient cascade annulation proceeds …